The Running Thread - 2019

[kirstie101]

Wow! I need to get out more! You guys have run in some amazing places!!!
The furthest I've run from home is Disneyland. 397.2 miles.

 

[Guidman]

ATTQOTD:
Furthest just running is Naples, FL, 993 miles from Pittsburgh. Furthest race run is Disney World.

 

[avondale]

QOTD: What is the furthest (is that even a word?) location you have run from home? Tell is if you like where home is and where the run happened, bonus for approximate mileage.

ATTQOTD: Does running on a treadmill count? I live in Maryland just north of DC. I went to a conference in Mumbai, India, and ran on the hotel treadmill there. Google says the distance is over 7900 miles. (The pollution is Mumbai is incredible, plus a lack of sidewalks and crazy traffic, plus concern being a woman running alone all kept me from trying a run outside while I was there.)

If treadmill doesn't count, then I've run various times in California.

 

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: 3,035 miles from home (NH) to Disneyland for Tinker Bell in 2015.

 

[OldSlowGoofyGuy]

ATTQOTD: Home is Lula, Georgia. The furthest run was in York, England, a little over 4000 miles away.

 

[michigandergirl]

ATTQOTD: Grand Rapids, MI to WDW = 1250 miles.

Unfortunately I wasn't really into running when I traveled to some amazing places, like Hawaii and China - totally regretting that now.

 

[Chaitali]

@avondale Thanks for doing that math for me! I live in Maryland too and my furthest run was in India (Ahmedabad and not Mumbai but close enough). I totally think the treadmill counts I did the treadmill once while I was in India and I had a hard time with it being in kilometers instead of miles. My other run in Ahmedabad was at a country club type place that had an outdoor track. I was glad I had access to that location because I don't think I would have gotten any outdoor runs in otherwise.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD: When I first read this question, I thought you meant distance from my home like running out the door and back which would be about 12 miles. LOL. My actual answer is Aruba on a cruise and that is 1,759 miles away from my home in Salem, AL.

 

[YawningDodo]

ATTQOTD: I wasn't into running yet when I took previous trips, and on my last trip I just...didn't feel like it....

So my answer has to be 90 miles from here, in Helena, MT. I drove there for a Race for the Cure 5K once (and I'll do an overnight trip there for my first half marathon in June!). I've also run in Austin, TX...but that was when Austin was home, so I think it doesn't count.

 

[Professor_Cookie]

It wasn’t running but it was leg powered travel. I skinned up the Great Saint Bernard pass in the winter of 2011. 5360 miles away. Awesome day.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

ATTQOTD: I live in Nebraska and Maui is 3,680 miles away. I wish I was running there right now!!

This is an fun question!

 

[Kazrak]

Google Maps says 2789 miles from Sunnyvale to Walt Disney World.

Actually, I was incorrect here.

2961 miles from Sunnyvale to Manhattan; I did some running along the Hudson and on the High Line when I was there for work. WDW is the farthest away that I've done a race.

 

[Jules76126]

ATTQOTD: From Boston to London is 3,291 miles

 

[txdisneygrl]

ATTQOTD: Umm, on land the three most distant places from home in Magnolia Texas are about the same haha. Billings MT, Glendive MT, and Playa del Rey, CA all around 1500 miles. But..... I did run twice on the Disney Magic while on a cruise in Norway so that would be the winner.

 

[Slogger]

ATTQOTD: Does running on a treadmill count? I live in Maryland just north of DC. I went to a conference in Mumbai, India, and ran on the hotel treadmill there. Google says the distance is over 7900 miles. (The pollution is Mumbai is incredible, plus a lack of sidewalks and crazy traffic, plus concern being a woman running alone all kept me from trying a run outside while I was there.)

I'll allow it.
Dilly Dilly.

 

[chuckille]

ATTQOTD: Bay Area to Brooklyn (Prospect Park loop) last week was the farthest distance at 2566 miles.

BUT, like many people have already said, I think Hawaii running during sunrise has to be one of the most relaxing & beautiful vacation runs. SO, I’ll add Kona, HI at 2373 miles as a close 2nd.

 

[baxter24]

ATTQOTD: Holly Springs, NC to Castaway Cay is 664 miles according to google maps!

 

[avondale]

@avondale Thanks for doing that math for me! I live in Maryland too and my furthest run was in India (Ahmedabad and not Mumbai but close enough). I totally think the treadmill counts I did the treadmill once while I was in India and I had a hard time with it being in kilometers instead of miles. My other run in Ahmedabad was at a country club type place that had an outdoor track. I was glad I had access to that location because I don't think I would have gotten any outdoor runs in otherwise.

It took me a moment on the treadmill to figure out why my speed felt wrong...then I remembered km/hr, not mi/hr!

 

[Nole95]

Home for me is Cumming, GA just outside of Atlanta.

The furthest place from home I have done a training run is Skopelos, Greece. A tiny island in the Aegean Sea where my wife's family is from. Famous for where the original Mamma Mia movie was filmed.

While I have run a marathon in three states, the furthest place from home I have run a race is at Walt Disney World. That will change in two weeks when I run a half marathon in Bozeman, Montana.

 

[LdyStormy76]

ATTQOTD: Chicago area to Disneyland Paris is 4,170 miles (36k challenge while there). Had a training run in Amsterdam which is 4,126 miles from Chicago.